Day 217 - 09 02 96 - Page 55
DAY 217
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2 Q. They have to negotiate the head offal rail; they then have
3 to squeeze between the equipment that is the other side of
4 that, and all this is moving, apart from the equipment;
5 then they have to go in front of the transfer hoist
6 platform and into the door under the other chute; is that
7 right?
8 A. Well, the heads are not hung on the head and offal line
9 until after the head wash. The head is removed about where
10 it says "head removal", then the man carries the head to
11 the head wash, hangs it into the head wash on a hook there,
12 washes it and then puts it on the hook.
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14 Q. But do it this way?
15 A. And, like I said earlier in the morning, the forefeet
16 bin is not -- during the operation the forefeet bin is not
17 where it is marked. It is much closer to, like, it is next
18 to the head removal area, between the horn cutter and the
19 apron wash and sterilizer.
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21 Q. I was going to ask you to do that. You say, do you, that
22 the forefeet bin is north of the head offal rail, do you?
23 A. It is north of the head, yes, during the operation.
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25 Q. I see, so you say it does not have to negotiate the -----
26 A. He does not need to negotiate the head.
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28 Q. So Mr. Bone is wrong about that too, is he?
29 A. Yes, at least, that was the operational situation when
30 I worked there.
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32 Q. So park it, if you will, in your imagination to the
33 right-hand of the two brown men at the head removal area?
34 A. Yes.
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36 Q. Then tell us by reference to horn cutter sterilizer, meat
37 inspector and head wash, the route it takes to get into the
38 other chute door?
39 A. Where it goes between the horn cutter sterilizer and
40 the transfer hoist ---
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42 Q. Yes?
43 A. -- where the brown man is marked, and it goes through
44 the area where the hind feet bin is right now, and then it
45 goes under the chute where the door is.
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47 Q. So does it cross the line twice?
48 A. Yes, possibly.
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50 Q. They are very big, are they not, dead cows?
51 A. Yes.
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53 Q. Moving at -- tell us what speed because you said they were
54 moving, how fast, 50 ------
55 A. As I told you, they jerk forwards. You have a carcass
56 here and when the line moves, that is the next step. It
57 moves quite fast, so fast that I would not want a carcass
58 to hit me when I walked past. That is why I was very
59 careful to cross the line when the line was at a
60 standstill.
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